CLARKSVILLE, TN – Here’s a look at the top local news stories from Clarksville Now this week.
Hankook Tire to more than double production, becoming largest private employer in Clarksville: Hankook currently has about 1,100 employees. After the expansions, it will employ over 2,200. READ MORE
Royalties Event Center shut down for operating illegally, owner wanted by police: The center’s former acting director tells Clarksville Now the owner never paid him. City officials had to shut off power to the building to stop the events. READ MORE
Regal Cinema reopens after being closed for weeks by fire: After being closed since Nov. 14, the Regal Cinema in Clarksville announced the reopening of their theater on Dec. 6. READ MORE
Holiday Inn Express breaks ground on new hotel: The second hotel will be a Holiday Inn Express, featuring 112 rooms and a restaurant. READ MORE
Gas and Water, facing $1 million deficit, seeks rate and fee hikes: The City Council was told this week that volatile gas prices, inflation and system maintenance have hit the natural gas division’s budget hard. READ MORE
Comedy star Leanne Morgan coming to Clarksville for show at F&M Bank Arena: Her Netflix special, “Leanne Morgan: I’m Every Woman,” landed in the Top 10 on Netflix, and she has an upcoming movie where she’ll be starring alongside Will Ferrell and Reese Witherspoon. READ MORE
Student workers at Bahama Bucks ‘trading up’ from key chain to an RV: Is it possible to trade a small keychain for an RV? A group of students at Bahama Buck’s believe they can! READ MORE
‘For me, this means everything’: Clarksville woman plans to box her way through Olympic trials: One day in October two years ago, Casey Lauren Dial stood outside a boxing gym in the worst shape she had ever been in. She debated whether to go in or go home. She stepped inside, and it changed her life. READ MORE
APSU’s Scotty Walden accepts UTEP head football coaching position: The move to the University of Texas at El Paso would elevate Scotty Walden from an FCS school to the FBS. READ MORE
Northwest High football coach Reynaldo Pena leaving team after 3 seasons: Northwest High Athletics and the head football coach have parted ways following the 2023 season where the Vikings compiled a record of 0-10. READ MORE
Clarksville Academy senior guard earns Player of the Week: Through the two games played, she averaged 25.5 points, 3 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game. READ MORE
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